Sentences with phrase «city official tied»

Mayor de Blasio ducked a barrage of questions Wednesday about the federal probe into his fund - raising operation and the abrupt firing of a city official tied to the controversial sale of a Lower East Side nursing home.

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Musk (center, wearing no tie) with state officials at the deal's announcement in Carson City, Nev.Photo: Cathleen Allison — AP

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and district administrators who have attacked Chicago as having the shortest school day among the nation's 10 largest cities have begun touting this as an accomplishment: CPS officials say the 7.5 - hour day will tie Chicago with Philadelphia as «the leader among the largest cities in instructional time» for...

Lobbying filings show Lyft has retained Berlin Rosen, a consulting firm with ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration and has done campaign work for a host of elected officials, including Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Serving at times as the tail that wags the Democratic Party dog, it has close ties to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other top officials.

Biviano tied the library financing issue to PR firm Berlin Rosen and by connection, Sikora, Forrest City Ratner, the Brooklyn Public Library and a host of officials.

Over the past few weeks, a series of loosely related public corruption investigations coordinated by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara have spilled into public view, with targets including high - ranking New York Police Department officials, the union representing city jail guards, and the political fundraising activities of several people with ties to New York City's macity jail guards, and the political fundraising activities of several people with ties to New York City's maCity's mayor.

Working Families Party officials have been subpoenaed by a grand jury investigating the party's ties to a company that provided campaign assistance to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Staten Island Council Member Debi Rose and other city candidates, court records show.

The state and federal probe into the de Blasio Administration has expended to include Emma Wolfe, the mayor's director of intergovernmental affairs, as well as union officials and consulting firms with longstanding ties to City Hall, WCBS 880's Stephanie Colombini reported.

A former top official at the City University of New York, John McKee, died of 9 / 11 - related brain cancer over the weekend — making him the school's first Ground Zero responder to pass away from illness tied to the attack's aftermath.

His case was closely watched in state and city political circles, given his ties to key officials, including Silver, now on trial in an unrelated corruption case.

Despite outcry from community groups and some elected officials, the Battery Park City Authority today awarded a 10 - year license to operate the North Cove Marina to two companies with ties to Governor Andrew Cuomo, who controls the authority board.

The broad and diverse coalition to #DivestNY has been building power across New York City and State to call on our elected officials to cut ties with fossil fuels.

An inmate tied with a U.S. Chess Federation grandmaster at the first official tournament at New York City's Rikers Island Jail Complex, where the game is part of programming designed to educate and reduce idleness.

The Bronx Beep also has strengthened his ties with officials in the city's charter - school movement, many of whom have ties to wealthy donors who could back a future citywide campaign.

ALBANY — Newly minted Assemblyman Charles Barron, the former Brooklyn city councilman known for his racially inflammatory rhetoric, showed up for his first day in the Legislature last week in his signature South Asian Nehru jacket — angering many of his new coat - and tie - wearing colleagues, who claimed he was violating official dress code.

A retired career firefighter with the City of Plattsburgh Fire Department, Marking says he retains close ties with local law enforcement and public safety officials.

The City Council last December pressured de Blasio to sign into law a bill prohibiting anyone with city contracts or who does other types of city business from donating more than $ 400 a year to nonprofits tied to elected officials or their staffCity Council last December pressured de Blasio to sign into law a bill prohibiting anyone with city contracts or who does other types of city business from donating more than $ 400 a year to nonprofits tied to elected officials or their staffcity contracts or who does other types of city business from donating more than $ 400 a year to nonprofits tied to elected officials or their staffcity business from donating more than $ 400 a year to nonprofits tied to elected officials or their staffers.

First in line were 35 to 40 «V.I.P.s,» including some with close ties to the governor's office, such as SUNY trustee and former Clinton administration official Richard Socarides, ABNY chairman and real estate mogul Bill Rudin, and former New York City Republican mayoral candidate George McDonald.

You are really in an isolated space to think and work and to create your own ties and relationships to the various actors in the area (neighbors, city officials, institutions, etc.)